From today's Detroit News.
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War reveals Army helicopter shortfalls
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Army is overhauling its helicopter corps after high-profile setbacks in Iraq.
A battle lost, several crashes and the cancellation of the new Comanche stealth helicopter have led critics to suggest the aircraft is too fragile, vulnerable and ineffective for the modern battlefield.
Army officials insist combat helicopters can fight in unmatched ways.
“You can’t get one commander in Iraq to let one helicopter come home,” said Brig. Gen. E.J. Sinclair, commandant of the U.S. Army Aviation Center at Fort Rucker, Ala. “Fixed-wings (jets) are great, ... but can they get down and do the rooting in a low level in the cities? Can they see down the alleyways? Right now they can’t.”
Army officials point to a plan to take the $14.6 billion intended for the Comanche program and use that money to deal with problems in the helicopter service. A new scout helicopter is planned, and upgrades are in the works for aging Black Hawk and Chinook transports and Apache gunships